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| Sunday, 02 October 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The weekend just gone was great, the weather the visability and the diving.
The Hard boats were of to Lundy Island and mid channel local diving, with some of the ocean divers
increasing thier diving skills and progressing in depth towards thier Sports Diver Qualifications. The water was warm and clear with the vis in excess of 10meters at times. Lundy as usual spectacular with the quality of aquatic life never ceasing to impress, since the introduction of the NO TAKE ZONE it just gets better everytime we dive the islands surrounding waters. Sundays diving we were set to dive the Carare a mid channel wreck that I myself had not dived before although its on the local doorstep as they say!
Detailed information about the Carare here Although the Carare is only at 35 meters it is not a simple dive. We were briefed by Kieth Denby who has dived the Carare before about the dangers of this particular wreck. Fast Currents, Poor Visability, Sharp Sections of wreckage, Trawler nets and the ease of entering the vessel leaving you with no clear surface. ( Sounds Interesting ? ) Anyway brief over, kitted up and clear buddy check, my buddy and I entered the water and began our desent down the shotline. The visabilty seemed good until we reached about 18meters, then it went very dark until i could,nt see my own hand on the shotline at about 24meters! time to light the torch and continue down the shotline. Quick check with my buddy "Dave the man Santos" and we were good to go! As a precaution we deployed a delayed SMB to prevent us entering into a no clear surface situation and began to make our way along the port side of the vessel, although we were in total darkness with only our torches to light the way the visability was great with so much to see. We made our way and came across the huge boilers this really was a massive vessel and I new then I would have to return again to explore more. There is so much to see it really was a breathtaking dive . Next time I dive the Carare hopefully I will have a huge torch a twin set and camera ! ( Fingers Crossed ) Anyway after a safe return to our Neptune ( Hard Boat ) and a great cup of tea, we set of to dive the George Lockett and that was great 2 ! |
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